Self help movement reaches all the way into the government. Prime minister's adviser, a psychiatrist and self help guru called doctor mere optimism. Inat omann is one of the first to turn positive thinking into big business.
Hong Kong’s GDP report released today reflects the squeeze that enormous protests at home and economic headwinds on the mainland have put on the territory—and that was before the coronavirus outbreak. Inequality in Brazil is bad and getting worse; we ask why the government is chipping away at a much-praised social safety-net. And a look at the self-help craze gripping Ethiopia. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of
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